Rhode Island's at-large congressional district

The Rhode Island At-large congressional district is obsolete, with representation divided into two districts.

From 1790 to 1843, Rhode Island elected members to the United States House of Representatives at-large:

• From 1790 to 1793, one member represented the state.
• From 1793 to 1843, two members represented the state at-large.

List of representatives

Congress	Years	Seat A				Seat B
		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
1	August 31, 1790 – March 3, 1791	Benjamin Bourne	Pro-Admin	Resigned		Seat created in 1793
2	March 3, 1791 – March 3, 1793
3	March 3, 1793 – March 3, 1795		Francis Malbone			Pro-Admin	Retired
4	March 4, 1795 – 1796					Federalist		Federalist
	1796 – November 15, 1796	Vacant
	November 15, 1796 – March 4, 1797	Elisha Reynolds Potter	Federalist	Resigned
5	March 4, 1797 – 1797	Christopher G. Champlin	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	1797 – November 13, 1797		Vacant
	November 13, 1797 – March 3, 1799		Thomas Tillinghast	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
6	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801		John Brown	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
7	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Thomas Tillinghast	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Joseph Stanton, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
8	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Nehemiah Knight	Democratic-Republican	Died
9	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
10	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1808		Isaac Wilbour		Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	March 4, 1808 – June 13, 1808
	June 13, 1808 – November 11, 1808	Vacant
	November 11, 1808 – March 3, 1809	Richard Jackson, Jr.	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
11	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811		Elisha Reynolds Potter		Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
12	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
13	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
14	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	John Linscom Boss, Jr.	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	James Brown Mason	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Samuel Eddy	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Nathaniel Hazard	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Job Durfee		Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
18	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825				Adams-Clay Republican		Adams-Clay Republican
19	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	Tristam Burges	Anti-Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Dutee Jerauld Pearce	Anti-Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
20	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829		Adams			Adams
21	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831		Anti-Jacksonian			Anti-Jacksonian
22	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
23	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835		Anti-Masonic
24	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	William Sprague III	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
25	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Robert B. Cranston	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Joseph L. Tillinghast	Whig	Retired
26	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
27	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present